| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: June 21 is world day for these lanky mammals that include reticulated & Masai species; experts warn of "silent extinction" giraffe |
| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The first Friday in February is national wear this color day, promoting awareness of women's heart health red |
| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In 1964 Oct. 9 was proclaimed as this man's day, amid growing consensus that he reached North America before Columbus Leif Erikson |
| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: August 7 honors recipients of this military medal first awarded by George Washington the Purple Heart |
| #9183, aired 2024-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Public schools in this state observe November 29 as former governor Nellie Tayloe Ross Day Wyoming |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: This state, the home of Betsy Ross, is the only one that celebrates Flag Day as an official legal holiday Pennsylvania |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: In 2021 Arizona made August 14 a legal state holiday to honor this tribe's indigenous code talkers from World War II the Navajo |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: In 2023 Governor Hochul signed legislation making this Hindu festival of lights a school holiday in New York City Diwali |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: Iowa honors this president with a special day, the Sunday that falls closest to August 10, his birthday Hoover |
| #9151, aired 2024-07-22 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1000: April 2 is Pascua Florida Day, celebrating his arrival in what's now Florida Ponce de León |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Jamaican jerk chicken & candied sweet potatoes can be part of a feast called Karamu, held on Dec. 31, the sixth day of this Kwanzaa |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: California has a state holiday honoring this labor leader, observed around his March 31 birthday Chavez |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Horse racing, wrestling & archery are part of Naadam, a 5-day festival in this country said to date to the time of Genghis Khan Mongolia |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On June 7 this country remembers the Battle of Arica & celebrates the national flag, seen here Peru |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Held during the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, this festival began as a search for poet Qu Yuan, who drowned in a Yangtze tributary the Dragon Boat Festival |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Kalocsa, Hungary's festival devoted to this, known as "red gold", has a cooking competition & the crowning of a queen; what a hot dish! paprika |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Oxi Day, or Day of No, is celebrated by Greeks on October 28, the day in 1940 when they said no to this Italian's demands Mussolini |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: On or about January 25, Scots observe the birth of this literary giant by holding suppers with haggis & whisky to wash it down Burns |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In Lower Saxony, wreaths are hung on birch trees to celebrate Pfingsten, this festival celebrated 7 weeks after Easter Pentecost |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $2000: William Butler Yeats spent holidays with his grandparents in this town in western Ireland & was eventually buried there Sligo |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | POTPOUR-EVERYTHING $400: It's the first month of the calendar year that has no federal holidays March |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Devout Muslims fast in the daylight hours during this holy month, the ninth on the Islamic calendar Ramadan |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Decoration Day is another name for this May observance Memorial Day |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The Hebrew name of this festival that often falls in March means "lots", which were cast as part of a plot against the Jews Purim |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In England, November 5 is Bonfire Night or his day, commemorating the failed Gunpowder Plot Guy Fawkes Day |
| #8893, aired 2023-06-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,600 (Daily Double): The liturgical season of Lent begins on this holy day in the middle of the week Ash Wednesday |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: March 26, Prince Kuhio Day in this state, honors one of its early statehood advocates Hawaii |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Though this suffragist was born in Massachusetts, only Florida observes her February 15 birthday as a state holiday Susan B. Anthony |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: The first Tuesday in March is Town Meeting Day in Bennington, Montpelier & other communities across this state Vermont |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: In Arizona, August 14 honors this people's famed code talkers the Navajo |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1000: The Boston Marathon has often been held on this, a state holiday in Massachusetts Patriots' Day |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Scotland, on the night of Jan. 25, this poet's birth is celebrated by reading his works & eating traditional foods like haggis (Rabbie) Burns |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This observance in the United Kingdom on November 5 is also known as Bonfire or Fireworks Night Guy Fawkes |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Norfolk Island has Bounty Day, honoring when descendants from the Bounty mutiny moved to Norfolk from this island Pitcairn |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: Belgians celebrate July 21 as National Day, the day in 1831 when this royal ascended to the throne Leopold I |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In Sweden, on this saint's day, Dec. 13, young girls wear white dresses & serve coffee & baked goods to their families St. Lucia |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $400: The first Monday in July is Caricom Day, observed in Barbados, Jamaica & other countries; the "Cari" is for this geographic feature the Caribbean |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $800: September 3 is this Asian island country's Armed Forces Day; some say it'll need its armed forces at some point Taiwan |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $1600: Thais celebrate Buddhist New Year by doing this to each other, with elephants using their trunks to join in bathe, wash (getting wet) |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $2000: One and a half billion Muslims mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with this holiday; fittingly it rhymes with "feed" Eid |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE $4,000 (Daily Double): The temperature during Finland's Midsummer festival is around 210 degrees--OK, inside these, a traditional part of the holiday saunas |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE $800: Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain KFC |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | PLAYING SANTA $800: A poster for "Bad Santa 2" had this thespian face down on a bar above the tagline "Giving the holidays another shot" Billy Bob Thornton |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May Memorial Day |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Legislation signed on June 17, 2021 made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983 Juneteenth |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This Jewish day of atonement comes 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the new year Yom Kippur |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This holiday is a symbol of summer's end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1 Labor Day |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $4,100 (Daily Double): Many states now designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day rather than this Columbus Day |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania celebrates this on February 2, year after year after year Groundhog Day |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Each December 17, celebrations in Ohio & North Carolina commemorate a 1903 accomplishment by this pair the Wright brothers |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Yom Hashoah, the Remembrance Day for this tragedy, is observed in April or May on the 27th of Nisan the Holocaust |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: A parade through Southie in this city celebrates both St. Paddy's Day & Evacuation Day, the 1776 withdrawal of the British Boston |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Alaska celebrates the last Monday in March as this onetime U.S. Secretary of State's day William Seward |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This holiday was created to honor those who died during the Civil War Memorial Day |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The U.N. has made Gandhi's birthday, October 2, the International Day of this Gandhian philosophy Non-Violence |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In the U.S., Flag Day is observed in this month June |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Since 1901 Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade has been held in this directional & historically Irish part of town South Boston |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Ujima & Umoja are 2 of the 7 principles celebrated during this holiday created in the United States Kwanzaa |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | YOU GOT NEXT $400: In federal holidays: Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day... Labor Day |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | "N" JOY $800: Why wait for the holidays to enjoy the music from this ballet, including the piece heard here The Nutcracker |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $200: A February holiday commemorates the Buddha reaching the final state of this goal of the Buddhist path nirvana |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $400: Twelfth Night precedes the feast of this, also known as Three Kings' Day the Epiphany |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $600: Celebrated Dec. 23, Festivus includes "the airing of" these; "I got a lot of problems with you people! Now, you're gonna hear about it" the airing of grievances |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $800: The Jewish festival of trees, Tu Bishvat includes eating fruit, like this one that according to tradition has 613 red seeds a pomegranate |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $1000: On December 13 Scandinavians celebrate this female saint; young girls wear white & wear lighted wreaths on their heads Lucia |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE TURNS 75 $400: Separated from his real-life brother at the holidays, Kieran Culkin catches "Life" in film 1 & again in "2" in this series Home Alone |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | TIME TO FALL INTO AUTUMN $200: Baby Boo & autumn gold are varieties of this gourd that's popular during fall holidays a pumpkin |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT $200: In an 1843 story, paranormal activity around the holidays convinces this business owner to stop making his employee's life hell (Ebenezer) Scrooge |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The last Monday in March is celebrated as Seward's Day in this state Alaska |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The last Friday in April is this tree-planting holiday that predates Earth Day by almost a century Arbor Day |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Bob Hope famously quipped, "The Academy Awards, or as it's known at my house," this Jewish holiday Passover |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Lunar New Year is called Chunjie in Chinese & this 3-letter name in Vietnamese Tet |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Some light lamps to invite the presence of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, during this Hindu festival of lights Diwali |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Carnival in Rio takes place just before this holy season, a period of fasting before Easter Lent |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: A Halloween tradition began in 1950 when trick-or-treaters in Philadelphia sent $17 to this organization UNICEF |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: The Feast of St. Stephen, called Boxing Day in Commonwealth countries, is observed on this date December 26th |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: In Canada a royal birthday is celebrated on this day, the Monday preceding May 25 Victoria Day |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In 1996 the NYC parade for this fall day was down to 15 blocks & a few spectators; in 2009 30,000 participants marched 34 blocks Veterans Day |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Russia, September 1 is Knowledge Day, when children return here school |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On Pitcairn Island, January 23 is celebrated as the date that this ship burned the Bounty |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Celebrating unattached people, China's biggest shopping holiday is singles day, on this fall date with lots of 1s November 11th |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: If you are on this Indonesian island around the Hindu new year, you may not be able to leave your hotel during Nyepi, the day of silence Bali |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In Europe, this magical holiday is celebrated the week of the June solstice Midsummer |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | GAME $600: Make "room" for Change Seats! & Wink Murder, 2 of Mental Floss' 14 of these kind of "games to bring back" for the holidays parlor games |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $200: In March 1912 200,000 in Cleveland came to this parade, also a welcome home for boxing champ Johnny Kilbane a St. Patrick's Day parade |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $400: Bristol, Rhode Island claims America's oldest celebration honoring this date, begun in 1785 July 4th |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $600: In some Decembers, 2,000,000 have found themselves, like in the song, walking in this destination in London's Hyde Park a Winter Wonderland |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $800: Served at the Eid Festival, sheer khurma features seviyan, another word for this pasta named for its "wormlike" look vermicelli |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS $1000: Riverfest is a big annual celebration in Wichita, Kansas & this is the river the Arkansas River |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | DOG IS MY COPILOT $1600: Known as the "Gray Ghost", & known for its obedience, this breed is ready to set sail a Weimaraner |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1600: In 2018 these mind-blowing magicians with monikers like the Deductionist debuted their "Magic of the Holidays" show The Illusionists |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $2000: Based on the 1954 film, a musical called this composer's "White Christmas" livened up the holidays in 2008 & 2009 (Irving) Berlin |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | GINGERBREAD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) With the establishment of a special guild in Germany in the 1600s, only guild members could make gingerbread except for these two religious holidays when anybody could Christmas & Easter |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | & A BAG OF CHIPS $400: In the U.K. Pringles marked the holidays with a special flavor named for these sausage-wrapped-in-pastry treats a pig in a blanket |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Exodus 12 tells the story of this Jewish holiday Passover |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Union leader Peter McGuire is given credit for creating this holiday in 1882 Labor Day |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Thanksgiving is followed by Black Friday, Small Business Saturday & this weekday named for a certain way to shop Cyber Monday |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Until 1954 it was known as Armistice Day in the United States Veterans Day |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,600 (Daily Double): April 22 was chosen for this observance because it fell between spring break & final exams Earth Day |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $800: Randomly selected anonymous gift-giving tradition among an office's employees during the holidays Secret Santa |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: This biblical man's pudding, first made when the waters subsided, is eaten by Turkish Muslims on Ashura Noah |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $400: This spring holiday honors a Mexican army victory over French forces in 1862 Cinco de Mayo |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $600: For more than 200 years, Spain has made people rich on Christmas with the Lotería de this Navidad |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $800: In the Pyrenees, the Candlemas bear was the more ferocious predecessor of this U.S. rodent the groundhog |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Not a Halloween tradition, English Jack o' Lents were made on this mid-week Christian holiday Ash Wednesday |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $400: Chinese New Year begins between January 21 & February 20, on this phase of the moon, so it might be pretty dark out the new moon |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $800: Hindus perform this 4-letter physical discipline on the great night of Shiva, which is in February or March yoga |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $1200: The calendar seen here works well in 2019, when the first Sunday of this countdown period is December 1st Advent |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $1600: Draw a bead on the first Sunday in October, the feast of this, used in prayer the rosary |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | FLOATING HOLIDAYS $2000: Build the booths that give this Jewish holiday its name before Tishrei 15, the date the holiday begins Sukkot |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This state celebrates July 24 as Pioneer Day, commemorating the passage of pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley Utah |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Germany observes November 9 to remember the fall of this the Berlin Wall |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Drawing on a southern African holiday, it celebrates nguzo saba, which are 7 cultural principles Kwanzaa |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Making a cake for this Jewish holiday? You can't use flour (or any leavening agent) Passover |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,000 (Daily Double): Constitution Day is September 17; this related set is celebrated every December 15 the Bill of Rights |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It officially became France's Fete nationale in 1880 Bastille Day |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The 2017 movie "Coco" takes place during this Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: People lay flowers at an eternal flame in Yerevan on April 24, this country's genocide Remembrance Day Armenia |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: This boat festival in China is said to have begun as a search for the poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in a river the Dragon Boat Festival |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: This Christian sect in Egypt celebrates Christmas Day on January 7 the Copts |
| #7927, aired 2019-02-12 | SAME DAY $1000: On Nov. 28, 2013 these 2 holidays fell on the same day & the candle-bearing menurkey was created Thanksgiving and Hanukkah |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS $400: In Dublin La Fheile Padraig happens in this month March |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS $800: Islander Day is celebrated in February by this province in our neighbor to the north Prince Edward Island |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS $1200: On December 12 Mexico has a holiday named for the Virgin of this place Guadalupe |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS $1600: Derg Downfall Day in this country celebrates freedom from a Communist regime that killed Haile Selassie Ethiopia |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS $2000: Often an occasion for an August getaway, in Italy Ferragosto is the Feast of this, Mary's entrance into heaven the Assumption |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 2019 this 8-day Jewish observance begins on the night of December 22 Hanukkah |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Mom & Dad have their days, & on September 8 we recognize these other relatives grandparents |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Celebrating an event from 1959, August 16 is Statehood Day in this state; the Bishop Museum will be open Hawaii |
| #7900, aired 2019-01-04 | 2019 HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Pack up the kids on Thursday, April 25 & take them here, not to the playground work |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | ALLITERATION $400: You can wish someone "Merry Christmas" or be more general & say this; either way, you're being nice! happy holidays |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $200: If you missed March 14, you can always wait until July 22 or 7/22, this number's approximation Day pi |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $400: There is much cosplay on FCBD, "Free" this kind of publication "Day" each May Free Comic Book Day |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $600: 2015 has come & gone, but you can still celebrate every October 21, the date from a sequel to this 1985 film Back to the Future |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $800: Leslie Knope of this show created the girls-only Galentine's Day (Feb. 13) & it's taken off in the real world Parks and Recreation |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $1000: If it's October 23 between 6:02 AM & 6:02 PM, it's Mole Day, on which chemists celebrate this man's number Avogadro |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | YEARLY BELOVED $400: The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery hosts ceremonies on Easter & on these 2 federal holidays Veterans Day and Memorial Day |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: June 17:
Bunker Hill Day Massachusetts |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: May 8:
Truman Day Missouri |
| #7719, aired 2018-03-15 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: March 31:
Cesar Chavez Day;
May 22:
Harvey Milk Day California |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Hundreds of thousands in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion celebrate Intl. Workers' Day on this date May 1st |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This country's national holiday, July 21, celebrates the ascension of its first king, Leopold I Belgium |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: William Tubman Day, November 29, celebrates the birthday of this African nation's longest-serving president Liberia |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In southern Asia this "Festival of Lights" is celebrated by Jains, Sikhs & Hindus alike Diwali |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,200 (Daily Double): February (summer Down Under) is the month for this Australian state's Royal Hobart Regatta Tasmania |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Union general John Logan's proposal that May 30 be a day for remembering fallen comrades grew into this holiday Memorial Day |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 2017 Los Angeles joined other cities in replacing this holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day Columbus Day |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Pearl Harbor Day is observed on this date, one "which will live in infamy' December 7th |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Her May 24 birthday first became a holiday in Canada in 1845 & it's still celebrated today Queen Victoria |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $4,800 (Daily Double): An aerobatic team performs during a parade celebrating this July holiday in Europe Bastille Day |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | LET'S TALK DESSERT $400: Popular around the holidays is the term "nutty as" one of these, like the Scottish Dundee variety a fruitcake |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: November 24 is this day, honoring the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" Evolution Day |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Optimism abounds on February 11, National Don't Cry Over this 2-word problem Day spilled milk |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Party with your follically challenged pals on October 14, Be this "& Free Day" bald |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: August 8 is National Sneak Some this summer squash (aka courgette) Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day zucchini |
| #7594, aired 2017-09-21 | OTHER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: (2 unfittable lines precede) /
This day's on May 12th /
I like it, myself /
& now it's on you to speak up National Limerick Day |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April, with the running of this race the Boston Marathon |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: Arbor Day was first celebrated in 1872 in this state; other states soon followed Nebraska |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1200: In 2012 Ohio governor John Kasich signed a law designating February 20 as this man's Friendship 7 Day John Glenn |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1600: Its Cherokee Strip Day celebrates the 1893 land rush in which former Indian lands were opened to settlement Oklahoma |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | STATE HOLIDAYS $2000: This Progressive politician known as "Fighting Bob" has his own day, June 14, in Wisconsin where he was born La Follette |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A 1952 bill designated September 17 as Citizenship Day to coincide with the 1787 signing of this the Constitution |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On this day in 1996 Taco Bell announced it had bought the Liberty Bell & was going to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell April Fools' Day |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Taking place about 6 weeks before Easter, this day begins a season of fasting & prayer Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent) |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: President Harding honored this British woman by endorsing her birthday, May 12, to be Natl. Hospital Day Florence Nightingale |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $5,000 (Daily Double): Technically, June 17 in Massachusetts should be called Breed's Hill Day instead of this Bunker Hill Day |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $200: At the winter solstice, Wiccans celebrate just this, with no "tide" after it Yule |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $400: Hanukkah story hero Judah was known by this name that's an acronym of the Hebrew for "Who is like you, O God?" Maccabee (or Makabi) |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $800: In December many celebrate Buddha's enlightenment under this "tree" with a holiday called this "day" the Bodhi tree |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $1000: In Massachusetts, especially Plymouth, Dec. 22 is Forefathers' Day, celebrated by consuming this corn-&-beans dish succotash |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | DECEMBER HOLIDAYS $1,200 (Daily Double): It was the decade when Maulana Karenga (born Ron Everett) created Kwanzaa the 1960s |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $200: Every dog has his day, including the hot dog (July 23); this condiment gets the first Saturday in August mustard |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $600: National Beer Day is held on April 7, the date in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted, limiting this Prohibition |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $800: Appropriately, this tri-colored alliterative Halloween staple has its day on October 30 candy corn |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): Free Slurpee Day is on this date, honoring the place that dispenses them July the 11th (7/11) |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $1000: This food is celebrated on August 24, the anniversary of the patent of the iron used for making them waffles |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: Following a request from Pope Benedict XVI, Cuba reinstated this holiday, observed 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $400: In this country, April 24 is a day for remembering the more than 1 million victims of the 1915 genocide Armenia |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $600: A public holiday in some countries, Vesak commemorates his birth, enlightenment & death Buddha |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $800: On this holiday observed on November 1 & 2, families in Mexico gather together to remember departed loved ones the Day of the Dead |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $1000: On July 30 this country celebrates Mohammed VI's ascension to the throne Morocco |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | PREFIXATED ON SCIENCE $400: Erythro‑ & chloro‑ are these 2 colors; happy holidays! red & green |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $400: First observed on Nov. 11, 1919, it's now a U.S. federal holiday under this name Veterans Day |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $800: In 1999 New Hampshire was the last state to make this January event a paid state holiday Martin Luther King Day |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $1200: Wisconsin officially celebrates the Feb. 15 birthday of this suffragette (Susan B.) Anthony |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $1600: It may be tax day to the rest of us but April 15 is also Father Damien day in this state Hawaii |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | HOLIDAYS $2000: Toward the end of every April, Nebraska speaks for the trees as the state observes this holiday Arbor Day |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $200: In Thailand, the month of May brings his "enlightenment"; his "cremation" comes later Buddha |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $400: In January, Christians celebrate the his conversion Saint Paul |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $600: Pasqueflowers bloom in the spring, just in time for this holiday from which they get their name Easter |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $800: The month of Ramadan ends with Eid al-Fitr, meaning the breaking of this the fast |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $1000: San Salvador Island in this West Indies archipelago nation honors Columbus' New World landfall on Discovery Day the Bahamas |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On this March holiday, the consumption of Guinness beer more than doubles to 13 million pints worldwide St. Patrick's Day |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This org. that changes 1 letter in the month's name urges sporting a mustache in November for men's health awareness Movember |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Southern Living magazine says you can play this game on Halloween w/o the water & mess by hanging the fruit from strings bobbing for apples |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): It became an official French holiday in 1880, 91 years after the event that inspired it Bastille Day |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: This November observance, when girls court guys, began with a 1937 Li'l Abner comic strip Sadie Hawkins Day |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: National Knock Knock Joke Day coincides with this holiday in which there's a lot of door knocking going on Halloween |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Wright Brothers Day, December 17, commemorates their historic 1903 flight from near this North Carolina town Kitty Hawk |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Explore the calendar & you'll discover that this federal holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October Columbus Day |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: In Taiwan Teachers' Day, September 28, falls on the birthday of this great teacher & philosopher Confucius |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | FALL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On November 30 the people of Scotland celebrate the feast day of this patron saint St. Andrew |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Plumbers Union Local 130 carries out the 5-decade tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green for this annual event St. Patrick's Day |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Utah celebrates the Days of '47 on July 24, the day on which Brigham Young reached this valley the Salt Lake Valley |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This state created Fred Korematsu Day to honor a man who in 1942 refused to go to an internment camp California |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On April 15 forget your taxes; in Hawaii it's time to remember this saint who helped lepers Father Damien |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | U.S. HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Liberation Day, July 21 in this U.S. possession in the Marianas, celebrates its 1944 liberation from Japanese forces Guam |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: This president's Feb. 12 birthday is an official holiday in Missouri &, of course, Illinois Lincoln |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Mardi Gras Day is not only a holiday in Louisiana but in Baldwin & Mobile Counties in this state as well Alabama |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: California public schools are closed on March 31 to honor this Latino labor leader (Cesar) Chavez |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: "We will never forget" Wisconsin's special observance day in September for these paired 3-letter groups POW & MIA |
| #7018, aired 2015-03-04 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1000: This state's Pioneer Day honors those who fled west from Illinois for religious freedom Utah |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | POST OFFICE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S. Post Office in Chicago, IL.) Collectors know there are three main types of stamps: definitives, printed in large quantities; specials, used for holidays; & these, which honor a person, subject or event important to American life commemorative |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: According to tradition, if this critter sees its shadow on February 2, there will be 6 more weeks of winter a groundhog |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Presidents' Day honors these two presidents in particular, who were both born in February George Washington & Abraham Lincoln |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Flag Day & Father's Day are both observed during this month June |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This holiday, November 11, coincides with Canada's Rembrance Day Veterans Day |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2010, in honor of the 40th anniversary of this observance, a climate rally & concert was held in Washington, D.C. Earth Day |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: At midnight on New Year's Eve, Spaniards eat one of these vine fruits with each chime of a clock bell a grape |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Argentina honors this dance on Dec. 11, the birthday of 2 of its important figures, Carlos Gardel & Julio de Caro the tango |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a skeletal doll.) La Catrina, the skeleton figure who has become an icon of Day of the Dead celebrations, was an early 20th-century creation to mock elite Mexicans, but her origins can be traced to the underworld goddess of this pre-Columbian civilization the Aztecs |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Monaco's national day is November 19, the date in 1949 of his formal accession to the throne Prince Rainier |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | WHAT THEY ARE $1000: Muharram & Shavuot holidays |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $200: Massachusetts law largely bans the sale of booze on Sundays, legal holidays & this day of democracy in action voting day (or Election Day) |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $200: 2013 brought the very rare coincidence of Thanksgiving & this religious holiday Hanukkah |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $600: March 2 is a holiday in this state, celebrating its 1836 independence Texas |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $800: There's a day of the week in this word, a synonym for Pentecost Whitsunday |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 the 250th edition of a real oldie hit parade marched up New York's 5th Avenue on this date St. Patrick's Day (March 17) |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | HOLIDAYS $1000: It's believed that Imhotep helped create this calendar in which new year is usually September 11 the Coptic calendar |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Burnt offerings in mid-January are part of "Sending Off the Kitchen God Day" for the 1.4 billion folks in this country China |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: January 3 is admission day in this state that celebrates being No. 49 Alaska |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: January 20 is Philately Day! Also, it's this big day, thanks to the 20th Amendment Inauguration Day |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: We bet you know that on Jan, 27, Monte Carlo honors St. Devota, the patron saint of this principality Monaco |
| #6744, aired 2014-01-02 | JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Rice pudding is eaten on Thai Pongal, a January festival of this people of Sri Lanka & southern India Tamils |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | IT'S A FEDERAL HOLIDAY $800: Of the 10 U.S. federal holidays, this one honors the oldest event historically Christmas Day |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $200: The Portuguese call it Ano Novo New Year's Day |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $400: Like the U.S., Latvia & Estonia celebrate this holiday on the second Sunday in May Mother's Day |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $600: On February 10, the Maltese have a feast celebrating this New Testament epistle writer's shipwreck on the island Paul |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $800: It's the only one of the 4 U.K. countries in which St. Patrick's Day is an official bank holiday Northern Ireland |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $1000: October 23 in this country is National Day, the day in 1956 when it rose up against Soviet rule Hungary |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $200: His feast day, March 17, is a national holiday in Ireland St. Patrick |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $400: Observed on July 14, France's La Fete Nationale is more commonly known to us as this day Bastille Day |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $600: In this country February 6 is Waitangi Day, commemorating an 1840 treaty between the Brits & the Maori New Zealand |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $800: Oxi Day in Greece celebrates the prime minister saying "oxi" (no) to this Italian dictator's World War II demands Mussolini |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | NATIONAL HOLIDAYS $1000: This country, whose flag is seen here celebrates Flag Day on June 6, the date Gustav Vasa was elected king Sweden |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | HOLIDAY FUN $600: Holly Hunter spent Thanksgiving with her quirky family in this film directed by Jodie Foster Home for the Holidays |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The week after this holiday is National Egg Salad Week Easter |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1954 Congress changed the name of Armistice Day to this Veterans Day |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: "Sevivon, Sov, Sov, Sov", or "Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin", is traditionally sung during this Jewish holiday Hanukkah |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: November 29 is Nellie Tayloe Ross Day in this state where she served as governor Wyoming |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): At the beginning of each term, Supreme Court justices work one week, then get Monday off for this Columbus Day |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: September 1 is the feast day of St. Giles, patron of this Scottish city whose city church is named for him Edinburgh |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The Daughters of the American Revolution spend a week in September celebrating this document the Constitution |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Friday the 21st is our national recognition day for those still classed as P.O.W.s or these 3 letters that sadly follow M.I.A. |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The U.N. has an International Day of this capability that 1 in 6 adults worldwide lacks literacy |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: NALW is "National" this type of facility "week"; it's where you'll find seniors still doing well but needing help assisted living |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS $1600: Red replaced orange in this country's flag, but an orange streamer is flown with the flag on state holidays the Netherlands |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday Labor Day |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Islam Lailat al Miraj celebrates his journey from Mecca to Jerusalem & ascension into heaven Mohammed |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Varying with the local climate, the date of this tree-planting day ranges from November to May Arbor Day |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Meaning arrival, it's the 4-week period before Christmas Advent |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,800 (Daily Double): Although the first celebration of this holiday occurred in October 1792, it didn't become a federal holiday until 1937 Columbus Day |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $400: In Lithuania this holiday is the first Sunday in May, a week earlier than in the United States Mother's Day |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $800: An October German holiday is named for this world-changing Protestant movement the reformation |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $1200: In July 1880 this commemoration of a revolutionary event was declared a national holiday in France Bastille Day |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $1600: To celebrate St. David's day, the Welsh wear this onion relative in their caps or as a corsage the leek |
| #6321, aired 2012-02-27 | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS $2000: On August 1 the Swiss remember the day in 1291 when 3 of these territorial divisions made an alliance cantons |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $200: One reference to Yom Kippur is found in Leviticus 23, which calls for a "day of" this atonement |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $400: The Kol Nidre, an introductory prayer of Yom Kippur eve, is traditionally sung in this language of Jesus Aramaic |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $600: Traditional Rosh Hashanah foods include this fruit, with the hope that one's merits increase in number to match its seeds the pomegranate |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $800: Teruah, meant to sound like sobbing, is one type of blast on this, a ram's horn the shofar |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS $1000: In ancient times on Yom Kippur, a priest laid the sins of the people upon an animal, leading to this term scapegoat |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Horton heard that "Read Across America Day", March 2, coincides with the birthday of this children's author Dr. Seuss |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Britannica says this animal observed on Feb. 2 is "basically a giant North American ground squirrel" a groundhog |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Casimir Pulaski Day, the first Monday in March, celebrates a Revolutionary War hero born in this country Poland |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Daisy Gatson Bates Day in this state celebrates a civil rights activist who helped integrate Little Rock's schools Arkansas |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Seward's Day, the last Monday in March, is one of this state's holidays Alaska |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $400: In 1957 the King recorded this seasonal song about getting somewhere for the holidays "if only in my dreams" I'll Be Home For Christmas |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On March 2 Texas celebrates its independence from this country Mexico |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Quebec's Fete Nationale is June 24, the feast day of this herald of Jesus St. John the Baptist (St. Jean Baptiste) |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In 2008 this holiday began "late", sundown on Dec. 21; how come no one said, "Christmas is early this year"? Hanukkah |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Administrative professionals day was originally called this day, for the person who filed & took dictation Secretary's Day |
| #6061, aired 2011-01-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This holiday is also called La Fheile Padraig St. Patrick's Day |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | NEXT IN THE SERIES $800: Federal holidays:
Memorial Day,
Independence Day... Labor Day |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In the U.S., when May Day falls on Sunday, the very next Sunday is this observance (& don't you forget it!) Mother's Day |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On this holiday, people once placed bowls of food outside their homes to appease ghosts Halloween |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The foundation devoted to this holiday offers a program in which you can choose pines or spruces as gifts Arbor Day |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Betsy Ross House has long been the official site for Philadelphia's celebration of this June holiday Flag Day |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: During each of the 7 days of this African-American celebration, a candle is lit to represent its 7 principles Kwanzaa |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $200: This second-most populous country celebrates Buddha Purnima & Diwali, a festival of light India |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $400: This country officially closes public schools on both St. Patrick's Day & St. Stephen's Day Ireland |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $600: This country has Bataan Day & People Power Day, commemorating the 1986 revolt the Philippines |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $800 (Daily Double): This country has a Coptic Christmas, an Islamic new year & a Sinai Liberation Day Egypt |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $1000: October 3 is a day of unity celebration in this reunified European country Germany |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: January 4 is the national day to toss this type of dense Christmas goodie made with dried raisins, nuts & other stuff fruitcake |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Call your friends: January 20 is national awareness day for these Antarctic birds penguins |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: January 17 doesn't come soon enough, as it's the designated day to ditch these annual promises made 2 1/2 weeks before New Year's resolutions |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Mmmmmmmmmm, January 23 is a chance to show off your baking skills as it's the day for this; shoofly, anyone? pie |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | OBSCURE JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On January 28 all of us can celebrate the day for this humming noisemaker invented in the 1840s a kazoo |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | WEBSITES $800: On holidays, this website's homepage may use a Doodle for its name; Wes Craven created one for Halloween 2008 Google |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $200: In 1621 Mass. Gov. William Bradford declared a day of prayer, feasting & rejoicing which became this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $400 (Daily Double): This holiday was established in 1872 because the State of Nebraska lacked a sufficient number of trees Arbor Day |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $400: Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war the Civil War |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $600: A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October Columbus Day |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | HOLIDAYS $800: This May holiday was honored in 1934 by a stamp featuring a famous painting by Whistler Mother's Day |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: People's usual rankings of caste, gender, status & age are reversed on Holi, a spring festival of this faith Hinduism |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Across the pond, Commonwealth Day was originally established on May 24, the birthday of this 19th century queen Victoria |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The third Saturday in May is this American military observance Armed Forces Day |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: If it's July 24, Ecuador & Venezuela must be celebrating the birthday of this early 19th century leader (Simón) Bolívar |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,600 (Daily Double): In December Mexico's festival Las Posadas commemorates these 2 people's search for shelter Mary & Joseph |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | THE USED "-AR" SALESMAN $800: A little old lady only blew this ram's horn on high holidays, so it's in great condition a shofar |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS $200: We had our Xmas tree seller take an inch off the base of the trunk; the fresh cut will aid in the absorption of this water |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS $400: The lights hanging off the roof here are meant to resemble these things that can form in cold weather icicles |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS $600: I can always count on Aunt Nancy sending me cashmere, which comes from the hair of this animal a goat |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS $800: Eggnog wouldn't be eggnog without this spice from the myristica fragrans tree nutmeg |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS $1000: We always dim the lights & light these candles whose name means "symbolizing a vow or wish" votive |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Kids in Somerset, England call pumpkins "punkies", & "Punky Night" is their version of this celebration Halloween |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: If you're in Denmark, you're most likely to see the wee folk called Nisser during this holiday season the Christmas season |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Buying gold jewelry insures good fortune on Akshaya Tritiya, a special day of this religion Hinduism |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: How romantic! Oregon entered the Union in 1859 on this special day February 14 (Valentine's Day) |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Temporary shelters that may be decorated are built for Sukkot, a festival of this religion Judaism |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Although this tree-planting holiday originated in America, it is now celebrated in other countries Arbor Day |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's the Jewish Day of Atonement Yom Kippur |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The name of this American holiday is from the Swahili for "first fruits" Kwanzaa |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On February 15, we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898 the Maine |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor Wyoming |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $600: Sweet--Article 24 says workers have the right to holidays with this pay |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | STARTS WITH "A" $200: In names of holidays, this word precedes Saints' Day & Souls' Day All |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It makes sense that this is Irish-American heritage month March |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: Also the title of a Shakespeare comedy, it's when the Magi arrived to adore the baby Jesus Twelfth Night |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): If May Day falls on a Sunday, this holiday is the very next Sunday Mother's Day |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: The Girl Scouts' World Thinking Day, Feb. 22, coincides with the birthday of this Boy Scouts founder (Lord) Baden-Powell |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $2000: In this movie, Tim Allen & Jamie Lee Curtis consider skipping the holidays altogether & taking a cruise Christmas with the Kranks |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $800: Visit this country for the Flemish as well as French community holidays Belgium |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $1200: Head off to these 2 countries for Anzac Day to commemorate those who fought in WWI at the Dardanelles Australia & New Zealand |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $1600: Pysanky, these decorated spring holiday items, are a popular part of Ukrainian culture Easter eggs |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ROAMIN' HOLIDAYS $2000: This country celebrates Mother Teresa day to mark the beatification of its favorite daughter Albania |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Rock the baby & loop the loop on June 6, the day reserved for this toy the yo-yo |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: One ringy dingy! September 1 is Emma M. Nutt Day in honor of the first female one of these in the U.S. a telephone operator |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: February 1 (not always a Friday) is the day for this literary character based on sailor Alexander Selkirk Robinson Crusoe |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Interstellar hitchhikers know May 25 is the day for these terrycloth items, a tribute to Douglas Adams towels |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On Oct. 12 Mexico celebrates "Dia de la Raza", or day of this the race |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: French kids get chocolate chickens on this spring holiday Easter |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The USA's Constitution Day is observed in this autumn month September |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The half-mile route for this annual event begins at Santo Domingo Street in Pamplona the Running of the Bulls |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: In 2006 it was celebrated on October 9, 3 days before its traditional observance Columbus Day |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: The Oakdale (Minn.) Tree Board won the 2006 Lady Bird Johnson Award from this holiday's foundation Arbor Day |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | BREAD $1600: Seen here is the classic form of this bread served on the Sabbath & some Jewish holidays challah |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In India, flowers & wreaths are brought to the shrine of this spiritual leader on his birthday, October 2 Mahatma Gandhi |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This holiday began in 1868 when a general designated a day to adorn the graves of the Civil War dead Memorial Day |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886 Groundhog Day |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This Jewish observance marks the end of 10 days of penitence Yom Kippur |
| #4981, aired 2006-04-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In 1223 St. Francis of Assisi famously celebrated Christmas by setting up one of these displays in Greccio, Italy a crèche (or a nativity scene) |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: June 17 is Bunker Hill Day in this state's Suffolk County Massachusetts |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Sweden the Julbord is the smorgasbord for this holiday Christmas |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This holiday is the night before All Saints' Day Halloween |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew waxes eloquent in front of Lenin's tomb in Moscow, Russia.) Soviet leaders reviewed a parade of military hardware from Lenin's tomb each year on this day, a Socialist holiday since 1889 May Day |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: It's the palindromic name for the Vietnamese New Year Tet |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | BON APPETIT $1000: When making your special fruitcake for the holidays, be sure to add the Muscat or Thompson variety of these raisins |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: National Aviation Day is on the August 19 birthday of this pioneer who made the first powered flight in Dec. 1903 Orville Wright |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: England honors this bird, not the clock, in April; its arrival announces the return of spring a cuckoo |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1200: Shavu'ot, or Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday celebrated 7 weeks after this festival Passover |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: On the first Monday in March, Illinois honors this Polish hero of the American Revolution Pulaski |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: The weather on July 15, this saint's day, is said to fortell the weather for the next 40 days St. Swithun |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | WRITER'S HOMES $1600: He spent summer holidays from 1907 to 1914 remembering things past at a seaside resort in Normandy Proust |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | COLLECTIBLES $600: Designed in 1936, it makes holidays & other days special for collectors Fiestaware |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HALLMARK HOLIDAYS $200: Nurses Week begins on May 6th & ends May 12th--appropriately, this woman's birthday Florence Nightingale |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HALLMARK HOLIDAYS $400: On Friendship Day, buy your bud a stuffed animal of this honey lover, the U.N.'s Friendship Ambassador Winnie the Pooh |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HALLMARK HOLIDAYS $600: This month was chosen for Grandparents Day to signify the autumn of life September |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HALLMARK HOLIDAYS $800: Kiss-up alert: National Boss Day falls in this same month that clocks are set back an hour October |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | HALLMARK HOLIDAYS $1000: In 1939 this publisher, editor & politician gave Citizenship Day prominence through his newspapers Hearst |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | WHAT A COMEDIAN $600: One real headline featured on his talk show read, "Holidays make child's dream of shiny, new ax a reality" Jay Leno |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $200: The 3 leaves on the shamrock associated with this holiday are said to represent the Holy Trinity St. Patrick's Day |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $400: The third Sunday in June, it didn't become official until signed into law in 1972 Father's Day |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $600: Mexico's Cinco de Mayo celebrates its victory over this country's troops at Puebla in 1862 France |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $800: The name of this Jewish holy day means "beginning of the year" Rosh Hashanah |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $1,800 (Daily Double): On July 24 several South American countries celebrate the 1783 birth of this man Simon Bolivar |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Like the U.S., Canada celebrates this holiday for workers on the first Monday in September Labor Day |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In March 1737 the city of Boston turned this into a municipal celebration the Saint Patrick's Day parade |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The feast ending the Ramadan fast isn't a go until the "new" one of these is spotted in the sky a moon |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It's Safe Toys & Gifts month December |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This tree-planting day was created by Nebraska newspaper publisher J. Sterling Morton in 1872 Arbor Day |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: His July 15 birthday is a holiday in Brunei the Sultan of Brunei |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Tahiti celebrates this on July 14; it's that French connection Bastille Day |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: "The Folklore of World Holidays" gives instructions on how to make a turnip lantern for this observance Halloween |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: At each of the 12 strokes of midnight starting a new year, a Spaniard will traditionally eat one of these grape |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In Germany, Pfingsten is this observance, 50 days after Easter Pentecost |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: LBJ's August 27 birthday is a holiday in this state Texas |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Kentucky celebrates June 3 as Confederate Memorial Day; Florida celebrates it as this man's birthday Jefferson Davis |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: On January 8 Louisianans celebrate the Battle of this, not the Super Bowl New Orleans |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: September 12, this state's Defenders' Day, honors troops who held off the British in 1814 Maryland |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1000: September 16 is Cherokee Strip Day in this state (& no, there are no totem pole dancers) Oklahoma |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE A BEVERAGE? $400: This 3-letter word follows "egg" in a drink popular during the winter holidays nog |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | DO YOU HEAR SOMETHING? $400: You might hear these on your way to Grandmother's house for the holidays sleigh bells |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This symbol of Halloween may have originated in Medieval Scotland & was originally carved from a large turnip a jack-o'-lantern |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On June 28, 1894 President Grover Cleveland signed an act making the first Monday in September this holiday Labor Day |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): National Humor Month begins on this date, often with a joke-telling contest April Fool's Day |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: The folk song "Sivivon, Sov, Sov, Sov" or "Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin", is traditionally sung during this Jewish holiday Hanukkah |
| #4309, aired 2003-05-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: Canada's version of this holiday is the 2nd Monday in October; the U.S. usually celebrates it 46 days later Thanksgiving |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Nevada Day is celebrated on this date; how spooky! October 31 |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: By an act of Congress, in 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this Veterans Day |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: "Harambee!" & "Habari Gani!" are phrases used by African Americans during this 7-day celebration Kwanzaa |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Think "fast" -- in 2002 this Muslim holy month began on November 6 Ramadan |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in front of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam) The Anne Frank House here in Amsterdam is open daily except for this holiday Yom Kippur |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $400: Jose Barbosa, who is honored on July 27, founded Puerto Rico's Republican Party on this patriotic American holiday the 4th of July (Independence Day) |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $800: As elsewhere, it works out that this is the first Monday in September Labor Day |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $1200: January 11 is the birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, founder of the 1st "Normal" one of these in Santo Domingo school |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $1600: A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film Three Kings Day |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PUERTO RICAN HOLIDAYS $2000: Luis Munoz Rivera, who fought for Puerto Rico's autonomy from these 2 countries, has his own holiday Spain & the United States |
| #4158, aired 2002-10-02 | LOST IN LAOS $400: Much of Laotian social life centers on the festivals & holidays of this religion Buddhism |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: November 19 is Prince Rainier day in this principality Monaco |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This nationalist & nonviolent leader's October 2 birthday is a revered holiday in India Mahatma Gandhi |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Liberation Day in Cuba, January 1, celebrates independence from this country in 1899 Spain |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This French holiday falls on July 14 Bastille Day |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Iran's Revolution Day, February 11, celebrates his 1979 overthrow the Shah |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Tourists flock to Betsy Ross' house on this observance, June 14 Flag Day |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It took a lot of "work" but Grover Cleveland finally signed a bill making this a national holiday in 1894 Labor Day |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: It's the Jewish Day of Atonement Yom Kippur |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The name of this American holiday is from the Swahili for "fresh fruits" Kwanzaa |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On February 15 we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898 Maine |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Bobbing for apples is a traditional contest on this fall holiday Halloween |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: By federal law, his birthday is celebrated on the third Monday in January Martin Luther King |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: On February 2, if a groundhog sees his shadow, we'll have this many more weeks of winter 6 |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This May holiday was first called Decoration Day because graves of U.S. war dead were decorated with flowers & flags Memorial Day |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Although this tree-planting holiday originated in America, it is celebrated in Canada & other countries Arbor Day |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ROME $1600: If you're Rome for the holidays, check out the Pope's balcony speech "Urbi et Orbi" at noon on this day Christmas |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | SWAN LAKE $5,000 (Daily Double): The director of this theater hired Tchaikovsky to score the ballet, then called "The Lake of the Swan" Bolshoi |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: One of the first observations of this U.S. holiday was May 30, 1868 on the order of General John Logan Memorial Day |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On Hogmanay, December 31, Scots in London gather at St. Paul's Cathedral to join hands & sing this song "Auld Lang Syne" |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This holiday was first observed on May 10, 1908 in Philadelphia & Grafton, West Virginia Mother's Day |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On June 11, with parades & luaus, Hawaiians honor this king who united the islands in 1810 Kamehameha |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of its governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor Wyoming |
| #3943, aired 2001-10-24 | FOOD & DRINK $100: During the holidays you can buy this cool creamy Christmas drink in cartons, minus the liquor eggnog |
| #3938, aired 2001-10-17 | AWARENESS MONTHS $300 (Daily Double): It's National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month December |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | THAT'S A FACT! $400: These holidays were first celebrated in the U.S. May 10, 1908 & June 19, 1910 Mother's Day & Father's Day |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | "T" COUNTRIES $200: Holidays on this island country include the birthdays of Chiang Kai-shek & Sun Yat-sen Taiwan |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $100: Don't let it scare you but this October holiday was originally a Celtic festival for the dead Halloween |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $200: That's Wright! National Aviation Day, August 19, is celebrated on the birthday of this man Orville Wright |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $300: We salute you if you know that this June 14 observance is a legal holiday in Pennsylvania Flag Day |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $400: It's the holiday celebrated on the stamp seen here Kwanzaa |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Peter McGuire, secretary of a carpenters & joiners union, is often credited with suggesting this holiday Labor Day |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $100: The saying "Wearing his heart on his sleeve" probably comes from a practice once performed on this holiday Valentine's Day |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $200: For Roman Catholics this 40-day period of fasting begins on Ash Wednesday & ends on Easter Lent |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $300: This Jewish holy day begins with the recitation of the Kol Nidre Yom Kippur |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $400: This June day had been celebrated for 62 years, but it wasn't official until signed into law by Nixon in 1972 Father's Day |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $500 (Daily Double): Reputedly, the first Christmas tree in England was the one Prince Albert gave this queen in 1841 Victoria |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THEY CAME FROM TOLEDO $800: He's known for his "Holidays in Hell" stories in Rolling Stone P.J. O'Rourke |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The American Egg Board has declared Egg Salad Week for the week after this holiday Easter |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On March 3, Girls' Day in Japan, girls set up elaborate displays of these toys in their homes (royal) dolls |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: USA Today reported New Yorkers have a tough time getting cabs during this month-long observance Ramadan |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Some churches gave special dispensation for Catholics to eat meat when this fell on a Friday in Lent during 2000 St. Patrick's Day |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The Virginias celebrate this on the second Friday in April; many other states wait until the last Friday Arbor Day |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In Europe, some women believe the first man they see on this February day will marry them Valentine's Day |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400 (Daily Double): The historical event which this holiday celebrates occurred 508 years ago Columbus Day |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The USA's first parade celebrating this holiday took place on September 5, 1882 Labor Day |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This African-American holiday begins on December 26 & lasts for 7 days Kwanzaa |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This holiday was first celebrated on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington, due to the efforts of Sonora Dodd Father's Day |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In both Canada & the U.S., Father's Day falls on the third Sunday in this month June |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On Halloween children collect money for this agency using official orange cartons UNICEF |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This general's birthday, July 24, is a national holiday in Ecuador & Venezuela Simon Bolivar |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Boston's annual marathon takes place on this Massachusetts holiday, the third Monday in April Patriots Day |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This Swedish holiday goes back to Viking times when the night of Dec. 12-13 was the year's longest St. Lucia's Day |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $100: Joan Crawford died on May 10, the date of this holiday in many countries other than the U.S. Mother's Day |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $200: Islamic Republic Day in Iran is celebrated on this date, no foolin' April 1 |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $400 (Daily Double): It was first celebrated in the U.S. in February 1866 as a memorial service Lincoln's Birthday |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $400: Discovery Day in the Bahamas is observed on this date October 12 |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | NON-RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500: On this British holiday, service people like postmen & trash collectors get gifts Boxing Day (December 26) |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1892 the Illinois legislature made this president's birthday a legal holiday Abraham Lincoln |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Canada honors its soldiers on Remembrance Day, the same date as this U.S. holiday Veterans Day |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Girls in this country display valuable dolls that are family heirlooms on Hina Matsuri Japan |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: In July Tahitians celebrate Tiurai, centered around this French holiday, with dance contests & other activities Bastille Day |
| #3571, aired 2000-02-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Guy Fawkes Day commemorates the Gunpowder Plot in which Guy Fawkes tried to blow up this king & his parliament James I |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On June 17 Suffolk County in this state celebrates Bunker Hill Day Massachusetts |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Originally, Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of this World War I |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Christians observe this holy day to celebrate Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A foundation in Nebraska City, Nebraska oversees & coordinates the activities of this tree-planting holiday Arbor Day |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600 (Daily Double): Panama celebrates its independence from this country on November 3 Colombia |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The Miss America pageant was begun to extend the Atlantic City tourist season past this holiday Labor Day |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's Keep America Beautiful month, & the month in which you'd find Earth Day April |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: On February 25 this Asian nation celebrates the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 Philippines |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It's St. Clement Hofbauer's feast day; it wasn't a good one for Julius Caesar March 15 |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Hey, it's October 23, Chulalongkorn Day, in this southeast Asian country; shall we dance? Thailand |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HOLIDAYS $100: By law, it's the fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HOLIDAYS $200: The first Monday in September, it honors working people in the U.S. & Canada Labor Day |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HOLIDAYS $300: The luck of the Irish might tell you this is the date St. Patrick's Day is celebrated March 17 |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HOLIDAYS $400: Make a date with your sweetie for February 14, this loving day Valentine's Day |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | HOLIDAYS $500: On November 11, we honor these Veterans |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Holiday associated with the "Wearing of the Green" St. Patrick's Day |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1999 this holiday fell on the day after Valentine's Day President's Day |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This holiday is celebrated on what was once the last day of the Celtic year Halloween |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Although first observed in 1909, it wasn't until 1972 that the third Sunday in June officially became this holiday Father's Day |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Id Al-Fitr is a day of feasting that ends the fast at the end of this Islamic holy month Ramadan |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $200: This island in the Indian Ocean received its name on December 25, 1643 -- Happy Holidays! Christmas Island |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | HOLIDAYS $200: "(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery) You can send a card to your sweetheart or anyone in your 4th grade class on this February holiday" Valentine's Day |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | HOLIDAYS $400: In this religion, Ashura is a simple fast for Sunnis but a day of guilt & mortification for Shiites Islam |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | HOLIDAYS $600: This November day on which girls court boys comes from the comic strip "Li'l Abner" Sadie Hawkins Day |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | HOLIDAYS $800: The people of San Juan, Puerto Rico lose their heads celebrating June 24, this saint's feast day John the Baptist |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | HOLIDAYS $1000: September 3 commemorates the founding of all 24 square miles of this republic within Italy San Marino |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $100: Decoration Day is another name for this holiday when graves of soldiers are decorated Memorial Day |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $200: Sweden celebrates this national symbol on June 6, eight days before the U.S. celebrates its own Flag Day |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $300: National UNICEF Day coincides with this other holiday Halloween |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $400: This country observes June 10 as Malvinas Day Argentina |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HOLIDAYS $500: On Purim, the Biblical book named for this queen is read in synagogues Esther |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday St. Patrick's Day |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | OCEANIA $600: This territory is the only place in the south Pacific that celebrates U.S. holidays American Samoa |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This holiday is also called the Feast of the Nativity Christmas |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A little "bird" told us National Hospital Day commemorates her May 12th birthday Florence Nightingale |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Observance of this day begins at 11 A.M. on the 11th day of the 11th month at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Veterans Day |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: From the Greek for "manifestation", it follows Twelfth Night in the West Epiphany |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): Although first celebrated in 1792, it didn't become a legal holiday until 1971; now it's controversial Columbus Day |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1723, 120 years before Christmas cards, decorated writing paper was sold for lovers to use on this holiday Valentine's Day |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: You could also call it Woodchuck Day Groundhog Day |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1953 the folks in Emporia, Kansas renamed Armistice Day this; a year later Congress made it official Veterans Day |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A bill signed in 1968 made it a federal public holiday on the second Monday in October Columbus Day |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Matthew Maguire, a machinist, & Peter J. McGuire, a union founder, are credited with creating this holiday Labor Day |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Ash Wednesday signals the start of this 40-day period of prayer & fasting Lent |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Among the events Epiphany celebrates is the visit of this trio to Bethlehem the Magi (or the Wise Men) |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Islam Laylat Al-Miraj commemorates his flight from Mecca to Jerusalem & into heaven Mohammed |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: "Pause for the Pledge" is one of the ceremonies for this June 14 observance Flag Day |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: It begins on the 25th of Kislev & lasts 8 days Hanukkah |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | CHRISTMAS CUISINE $100: During the holidays, Winter White Chocolate is one of the most popular of this chain's "31 Flavors" Baskin-Robbins |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Phrase that begins the rhyme "...Smell our feet, we want something good to eat" Trick or treat |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi people bring these to priests to have them blessed animals |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is sort of the Muslim equivalent of Lent Ramadan |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This holiday's name came from "shriving", purifying yourself by confessing your sins Shrove Tuesday |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: A Philadelphia museum traces the history of this group famous for its New Year's Day parades Mummers |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | COLORS $200: It's the reddish color, as well as the name of a popular bog fruit that's "relish"ed on holidays Cranberry |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Canadians observe it the second Monday in October; we celebrate it on a Thursday in November Thanksgiving |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Mardi Gras comes at the end of the carnival season & the beginning of this 40-day period Lent |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: It's the Jewish Day of Atonement Yom Kippur |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This spring festival sounds like a ship's distress call May Day |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600 (Daily Double): This holiday was first suggested by J. Sterling Morton, a future Secretary of Agriculture Arbor Day |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Bears, badgers & this mammal have been known to predict the weather on Candlemas, February 2 groundhog |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200 (Daily Double): On March 26, this state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio, who became a delegate to Congress Hawaii |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Every December, Bostonians put on disguises & reenact this 1773 act of defiance Boston Tea Party |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This Jewish holiday that celebrates the new year occurs in the fall before Yom Kippur Rosh Hashanah |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Some refer to it as Trick or Treat Night Halloween |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Commemorating a 1789 event, it didn't become a French national holiday until 1880 Bastille Day |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: The Jewish festival of Sukkot begins 5 days after this solemn holy day Yom Kippur |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Moon Day, celebrating man's first landing there, is observed on the 20th of this month July |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: From the Latin word for "coming", it's the period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Advent |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Many businesses close early in honor of this observance that falls 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In Scotland its traditional to sing "Auld Lang Syne" on Hogmanay, this holiday eve New Year's Eve |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: New York City was the first to observe it October 12, 1792 Columbus Day |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: His July 24 birthday is observed in the countries he helped to free, including Peru & Venezuela Simon Bolivar |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: A day of remembrance for the dead, All Souls' Day is observed on this date Novermber 2 |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This holiday for lovers probably grew out of the Roman feast of Lupercalia Valentine's Day |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law establishing this holiday now in September Labor Day |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This country celebrates Queen Margrethe's birthday on April 16 Denmark |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: October 23 is Chulalongkorn Day in this country Thailand |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,000 (Daily Double): Holiday on which you'd hear the following:
"Why is this night different from all the other nights?" Passover |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Presidents' Day is observed on the third Monday in this month February |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: You can tour old homes in this city's Garden District & French Quarter during its spring fiesta New Orleans |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1889 this day was designated a labor holiday by the Second Socialist International May Day |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This "Camptown Races" composer's death is commemorated on January 13 (Stephen) Foster |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): Originally this holiday was celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year Halloween |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The phrase "to wear one's heart on one's sleeve" may have come from a practice once observed on this day Valentine's Day |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Mexico, during the nine days of Posada, people reenact this pair's journey to Bethlehem Mary & Joseph |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: It was first observed nationally May 30, 1868 Memorial Day |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Taking place 50 days after Easter, Whitsunday is also called this Pentecost |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On Kalevala Day, February 28, the people of this northern European country celebrate their national epic Finland |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | ACTRESSES $200: In 1995 this "Silence of the Lambs" star directed her second film, "Home for the Holidays" Jodie Foster |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This date, New Year's Eve in the U.S., has been celebrated as Feed Yourself Day in Benin December 31st |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This annual day is usually observed in schools specifically to stress forest preservation Arbor Day |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The conversion of this "Apostle of the Gentiles" on January 25 is a major Episcopal holy day St. Paul |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This South American country marks the independence of Cartagena each November 11 Colombia |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,400 (Daily Double): On October 2 Guinea celebrates its independence from this European country France |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On this date Canadians sometimes substitute a bear for the groundhog used in the U.S. February 2nd |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On Waitangi Day this country celebrates the signing of a treaty between Europeans & the Maori New Zealand |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Texas remembers the birth of this 36th president on August 27 Lyndon Johnson |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: 1963 was a rare instance of the Eastern & Western Christian observances of this movable feast coinciding Easter |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The name of this African-American holiday comes from Swahili meaning "first fruits" Kwanzaa |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysanthemum Day in this country Japan |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On this date Denmark's Rebild Park holds the largest foreign celebration of American independence July 4 |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: National Freedom Day, February 1, celebrates the 13th Amendment, which abolished this Slavery |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Ecuador & Venezuela observe the birth of this "George Washington of South America" each July 24 Simon Bolivar |
| #2679, aired 1996-04-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $900 (Daily Double): September 10 is St. George's Cay Day in this Central American country Belize (formerly British Honduras) |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: It's rarely rained on this city's annual January 1 Tournament of Roses Parade Pasadena |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: St. Oswald died in 992 on this date that comes every 4 years; his feast day is the day before February 29 |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: On Saint Joseph's Day these traditionally return to San Juan Capistrano the swallows |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A version of this carol from around 1800 included "nine bears a beating" & "eight hounds a running" "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In 1937 Maxwell House coffee began distributing free haggadahs for use on this holiday Passover |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This March observance has been called the "most important national holiday in Ireland" St. Patrick's Day |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On August 30 this state observes Huey P. Long Day Louisiana |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: It's the date on which the anniversary of D-Day & South Korea's Memorial Day are observed June 6 |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The Megillah or Story of Esther is read on this Jewish holiday Purim |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: July 26 is observed as the feast day of the Virgin Mary's parents, St. Joachim & this woman St. Anne |
| #2612, aired 1996-01-02 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $800: This presidential home 8 miles south of Alexandria, VA. is open every day of the year, including holidays Mount Vernon |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This tree planting day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska Arbor Day |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The first president to proclaim this holiday as the third Sunday in June was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 Father's Day |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This holiday marking the end of World War I has also been referred to as Poppy Day Remembrance Day (Veterans Day) |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Every summer the Black Hills Passion Play is presented at Spearfish in this state South Dakota |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: It's also known as Battle of Puebla Day Cinco de Mayo |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1915 President Wilson declared this holiday the second Sunday in May Mother's Day |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's the No. 1 day for fresh-cut flower sales Valentine's Day |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Every year on this holiday, Washington's crossing of the Delaware is reenacted near Trenton, New Jersey Christmas |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: From June to August, the "Trail of Tears" drama is staged near Tahlequah in this state Oklahoma |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On April 30 this country celebrates the birthday of its former queen Juliana the Netherlands |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: National Grandparents Day is celebrated in September on the first Sunday after this holiday Labor Day |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1995 it occurred on April 16th; in 1996 it will occur on April 7th Easter |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Canada & Great Britain it's usually the day following Christmas Boxing Day |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1789 it became the first U.S. holiday designated by presidential proclamation Thanksgiving Day |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This Jewish holiday is also known as the Feast of Lots Purim |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | "HIGH" $400: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, collectively the High Holidays |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The Scots & Irish once used turnips instead of this gourd to carve Halloween jack-o'-lanterns a pumpkin |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On June 17 Bunker Hill Day is celebrated in Suffolk County in this state Massachusetts |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Each June Clarinda, Iowa gets "In The Mood" with a festival honoring this big band leader Glenn Miller |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: In July in Tahiti, the Tiurai Festival centers on this French holiday Bastille Day |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Philadelphia is the site of this annual New Year's Day parade the Mummers Parade |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1972 the mayor of Burbank, Illinois limited trick or treating on this holiday Halloween |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The last Monday in March is Seward's Day in this state Alaska |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Maundy Thursday falls 3 days before this religious holiday Easter |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Each May this small Arizona community celebrates Wyatt Earp Days Tombstone |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This Christmas flower named for an American diplomat is honored on December 12 Poinsettia |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This Chinese observance moves between January 21 & February 20 on the Gregorian calendar the Chinese New Year |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Though no longer celebrated, this city's oldest festival was the Panathenaea Athens |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: April 21, the day of Muhammad Iqbal's death, is a holiday in this country that split from India in 1947 Pakistan |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The observances that accompany Halloween are believed to go back to these ancient British people the Druids |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,500 (Daily Double): It wasn't made a U.S. legal holiday until 1941, 165 years after it was first observed the Fourth of July (Independence Day) |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On October 18 this state remembers its transfer from Russia to the U.S. Alaska |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The "Good" in the name of this holiday is probably a corruption of "God's" Good Friday |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, originally celebrated the end of this war World War I |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This holiday is traditionally greeted with joyous dancing around a garlanded pole May Day |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Celebrated on July 1, Canada Day was formerly called this Dominion Day |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On March 21 this country remembers the birth of Benito Juarez, who led the revolt against France Mexico |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The beheading of this forerunner of Jesus is commemorated on August 29 John the Baptist |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Freedom Day, February 25 in the Philippines, celebrates the 1986 peaceful overthrow of this man Marcos |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: These islands celebrate their transfer from Denmark to the United States on March 31 the Virgin Island |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On April 6 this country marks the founding of its Chakri Dynasty by King Rama I Thailand |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1994 this holiday for workers celebrated its 100th anniversary Labor Day |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Not surprisingly, National Have A Heart Day is celebrated the same day as this observance Valentine's Day |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Tisha B'av, a Jewish fast day, commemorates the destruction of the First & Second Temples in this city Jerusalem |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Women's Equality Day is observed on August 26, the date this amendment went into effect the 19th Amendment |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500 (Daily Double): In England Mischief Night precedes this observance, November 5 Guy Fawkes Day |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: St. Valentine's Day is celebrated in this month February |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: V-E & V-J Days are associated with this war the Second World War |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1994 this May holiday parade was canceled in Manhattan for the first time in 73 years, for lack of interest Memorial Day |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Canada it's observed on the first Monday in September Labor Day |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Id al-Fitr is the Islamic festival that immediately follows this long observance Ramadan |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Germans call this day before Ash Wednesday Fastnacht, or eve of the fast Shrove Tuesday |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The British burn effigies of this man on the November 5 holiday named for him Guy Fawkes |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: It's been a legal holiday in the U.S. since 1892; some folks call it Discovery Day Columbus Day |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: A zoologist might call it Marmota Monax Day Groundhog Day |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Vasanta Pancami, a festival of this religion, honors Sarasvati, the goddess of learning & wisdom Hindu |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In the Islamic calendar, Mawlid An-Nabi is the anniversary of this prophet's birth Mohammed |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's the only federal holiday in May Memorial Day |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Each October Bridge City, Louisiana hosts a festival honoring this stew thickened with okra gumbo |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Bridgeport, Connecticut has an annual festival honoring this showman & one-time mayor (P.T.) Barnum |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Florence, Alabama has a festival each August honoring this "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy |
| #2379, aired 1994-12-29 | COMMON BONDS $300: Bank,
busman's,
Billie holidays |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of this month of fasting Ramadan |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Traditionally, the annual Egg Roll on the White House lawn takes place on this day of the week Monday |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In Taiwan, Teachers' Day, September 28, celebrates the birthday of this philosopher Confucius |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On June 11, the day that honors him, hundreds of leis are draped over his statue in front of Iolani Palace King Kamehameha |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In Mexico March 21 is a national holiday because it's the birthday of this man, the "Abraham Lincoln" of Mexico Benito Juarez |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night Mother's Day |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's the last federal holiday of the year Christmas |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day Halloween |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The name of this 8-day Jewish festival is Hebrew for "dedication" Hanukkah |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale Bastille Day |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Leap Day falls on this date every 4 years February 29 |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The National Federation of these people sponsors White Cane Safety Day on October 15 the blind |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: The rose of Tralee Festival is held in late August or early September in this country Ireland |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On July 28 this tiny country surrounded by Italy celebrates the fall of fascism San Marino |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): On November 6 this North African country commemorates its 1975 takeover of Spanish Sahara Morocco |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The French celebrate this July 14 holiday with parades, fireworks & balls Bastille Day |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's St. Stephen's Day as well as the traditional date of Boxing Day December 26 |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Childermas or Holy Innocents' Day honors the children who were slain in Bethlehem by this king King Herod |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Since a new moon signals the end of this Muslim holy month, a cloudy sky can prolong the fast Ramadan |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On Oct. 3 this country observes Leiden Day to commemorate Leiden's 1574 liberation from the Spanish the Netherlands |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: It's the month during which the U.S. celebrates its Independence Day July |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: During Ramadan Muslims are not allowed to eat between these 2 times of day sunrise & sunset |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Israel Tu Bi-Shevat is the new year of these, which children are encouraged to plant trees |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Pancake Day is another name for this, the last day before Lent Mardi Gras |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On the day of this annual occurrence, you should be able to stand an uncooked egg on its end the equinox |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's the holiday on which you'd most likely wear a shamrock St. Patrick's Day |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Roman Catholics observed this holiday on January 6 until the 4th c., when it was moved back 12 days Christmas |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: All Saints' Day, observed on this date, is a legal holiday in Louisiana November 1st |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): The national ceremony for this holiday occurs at Fort McHenry National Monument Flag Day |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: To honor its 1521 discovery, this U.S. Pacific territory celebrates Magellan Day on March 6 Guam |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Women's Equality Day, August 26, is the anniversary of U.S. women getting the right to do this the right to vote |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Camp Fire observes its founders day on this date when many honor St. Patrick March 17th |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: St. Joseph's Day marks the return of the swallows to this state's mission of San Juan Capistrano California |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Jordan observes his accession on August 11 & his birthday on November 14 King Hussein |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500 (Daily Double): On April 18 this southern African country commemorates the end of white minority rule Zimbabwe |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: On May 4 this smallest U.S. state commemorates the date it proclaimed independence from Britain Rhode Island |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The end of a 1575 epidemic in this city is commemorated by a procession of gondolas each July 17 Venice |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Traditionally, these leave San Juan Capistrano on October 23 swallows |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On December 5 Haiti celebrates its discovery by this man Columbus |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): On November 3 this country observes its 1903 independence from Colombia Panama |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In Italy some families eat a traditional supper of fried eels on this December Eve Christmas Eve |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: An annual festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka honors one of this religious figure's teeth Buddha |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Though Kwanzaa was inspired by an African harvest festival, it was developed in this country the United States |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The Thursday before Easter is known as Holy Thursday or this Maundy Thursday |
| #2207, aired 1994-03-22 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the most famous holiday we know that was named for a prison Bastille Day |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Taiwan observes Constitution Day on this date when many observe Christmas December 25th |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Reformation Day, Oct. 31, is the anniversary of the day he posted his 95 Theses in 1517 Martin Luther |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This Mideast country celebrates its 1948 independence on the fifth day of the lunar month of Iyar Israel |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: April 16, the birthday of Queen Margrethe II, is a holiday in this country Denmark |
| #2201, aired 1994-03-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $3,000 (Daily Double): This nation's 17th of July Day commemorates the return to power of the Bath Party in 1968 Iraq |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Between 1644 & 1660 this May Day object was banned in Britain the May Pole |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Simhat Torah, Succot & Yom Kippur all fall in this Number Month on the Jewish calendar the first |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: According to tradition, these fly in Germany on Walpurgis Night, April 30 witches |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, is a day for women's hearts; Feb. 15, her birthday, for women's rights Susan B. Anthony |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Earth Day falls in this, also National Cable Month April |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Forefather's Day, December 21, honors the 1620 landing of the pilgrims at this spot Plymouth Rock |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On October 12, the date of this U.S. holiday, Honduras & the Bahamas celebrate Discovery Day Columbus Day |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The earliest that this holiday can occur is March 22; the latest, April 25 Easter |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: On Feb. 29, 1952 this president signed a bill designating September 17 as Citizenship Day Truman |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: National Freedom Day, Feb. 1, commemorates the signing of the 13th Amendment, which abolished this slavery |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Venezuela's independence celebration is on this date, 1 day after ours July 5 |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In this part of the U.K., Orangeman's Day celebrates a Protestant victory over the Catholics Northern Ireland |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: These animals are driven through the streets of Pamplona, Spain during the Fiesta de San Fermin bulls |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: King Bhumibol of this SE Asian country gives Buddhist monks new yellow robes on Thot Kathin Thailand |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800 (Daily Double): Chinese New Year's Day falls in 1 of these 2 months on our calendar January or February |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Probably the best-known festivals of this holiday are the ones in New Orleans & Rio de Janeiro Mardi Gras |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Some conservative Muslims oppose celebrating Mawlid an-Nabi, the birthday of this prophet Muhammad |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This November U.S. holiday is called Remembrance Day in Canada Veterans Day |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Presidents' Day combines George Washington's birthday, February 22, with this date, Abraham Lincoln's February 12th |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Since 1978 these relatives have been honored with a national holiday, the Sunday after Labor Day grandparents |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: December 12, the day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, is one of this country's greatest religious holidays Mexico |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The first Monday in September is Settler's Day in South Africa & this day in the U.S. Labor Day |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: August 30 is Huey P. Long Day in this state Louisiana |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Algeria celebrates its independence from this country on July 5 France |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Japan observes Choyo- No-Sekku, or this flower's day, on September 9 the chrysanthemum |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Haiti observes this day on May 18; the U.S., on June 14 Flag Day |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The Ukranians use a batik process to decorate these fragile holiday items Easter eggs |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: "I paid 50 cents to see the elephant jump the fence; he jumped so high, he touched the sky and didn't come back til'" then the Fourth of July |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Bulgaria, the week before this 40-day period is Cheese Week; during it, you finish all your cheese Lent |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Celebration during which you might view the Mystic Krewe of Comos Mardi Gras |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Lost this saint of Padua's feast day? It can be found on June 13 St. Anthony |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Each June during the Trooping the Colour ceremony she reviews her troops Queen Elizabeth |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Truman Day is celebrated on May 8 in this state Missouri |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Christianity it's the day following Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1966 Congress recognized Waterloo, N.Y. as "The Birthplace of" this holiday that honors war dead Memorial Day |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In 46 B.C. this Roman ruler established January 1 as New Year's Day Julius Caesar |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): On June 25 Mozambique celebrates the end of its struggle against this European power Portugal |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: "Buon Anno" is the Italian way to say "Happy" this new year |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $400: The Spanish name for this day, 2 days before Easter, is Viernes Santo Good Friday |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $600: Rene Clair's 1933 film "Quatorze Juillet" revolves around this holiday's festivities 14th of July (Bastille Day) |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $800: In India revelers throw colored water & powder to celebrate Holi, the spring festival of this religion Hinduism |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Kwanza, an African-American holiday, means "first fruits" in this language Swahili |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Each year in June, ceremonies at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia mark this holiday Flag Day |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1954 Public Law 83-380 changed the name of this holiday to Veterans Day Armistice Day |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: National UNICEF Day is observed on the same date as this holiday Halloween |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This holiday's first observance was probably an 1882 parade organized by a union founder Labor Day |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,200 (Daily Double): Although Julia Ward Howe suggested this holiday in 1872, Anna Jarvis is credited as its founder Mother's Day |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Started in the U.S. by Mrs. Dodd of Spokane, Wash., it's the third Sunday in June Father's Day |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: A dab of ash seen on the foreheads of Christians lets you know this 40-day season has begun Lent |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Some states combine this January federal holiday with Robert E. Lee Day Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In the U.S. October 9, 1977 was dedicated to this (as the proclamation put it) Norse person Leif Erikson |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The January 25 birthday of this poet has become a folk holiday for the Scots Robert Burns |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: India's national holiday on August 15 celebrates its independence from this country Great Britain |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This state's San Jacinto Day, April 21, celebrates its independence from Mexico Texas |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In the U.S. this holiday is observed on the second Sunday in May Mother's Day |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This general's birthday, July 24, is a holiday in Ecuador & Venezuela Bolívar |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The end of a 1570s plague is commemorated by the Feast of the Redeemer in this Adriatic Italian port Venice |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The Christian Candlemas shares its February date with this shadow-seeking marmot the groundhog |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: March 26 is Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day in this state Hawaii |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1958 Congress designated this day, associated with Communist parades, as Loyalty Day May 1 |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In 1992 this Islamic observance ran from March 5 to April 4 Ramadan |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,500 (Daily Double): The Liturgy of the Passion is performed on this day in Roman Catholic churches Good Friday |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This North African country observes Sinai Liberation Day on April 25 Egypt |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On February 11 Iran commemorates the fall of this ruler the Shah |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: April 18 commemorates the end of white minority rule in this country, once Rhodesia Zimbabwe |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This country observes Chulalongkorn Day on October 23 Thailand |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On July 15 this oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo celebrates the Sultan's birthday Brunei |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Legend has it that if a groundhog sees this on February 2, there'll be 6 more weeks of winter his shadow |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In the Roman Catholic Church, this first day of Lent is marked by the burning of palms Ash Wednesday |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In Scotland this day of practical jokes is known as Huntigowk Day April 1 |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Citizenship Day, September 17, is celebrated on the anniversary of the signing of this the Constitution |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: National Maritime Day celebrates the 1819 transatlantic voyage of this Southern ship the Savannah |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Conservationists love this holiday that rhymes with birthday Earth Day |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's also known as Snap Apple Night, & you might celebrate it by bobbing for apples Halloween |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Swaziland celebrates this "banner" holiday on April 25, the U.S. on June 14 Flag Day |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The Old English tradition of serving a boar's head on this holiday may derive from a Norse custom Christmas |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: On this day in 1992, National Public Radio broke the news that Richard Nixon was running again for president April Fool's Day |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $200: This nation observes Mahatma Gandhi's birthday on October 2 India |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $400: Philippine-American Friendship Day is observed on this day the U.S. celebrates its independence Fourth of July |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $600: In Hong Kong, as in Great Britain, the day after Christmas is called this Boxing Day |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $800: Celebrated in early fall, Choo Suk is the Thanksgiving of the southern part of this country Korea |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS $1000: This founder of modern Turkey is memorialized on November 10 Ataturk |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The Romans dedicated this day to a 2-faced god who looked forward & backward New Year's Day |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On this holiday, Punxsutawney Phil, king of the weather prophets, shines even if the sun doesn't Groundhog Day |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This Missouri city hosts the National Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Contest in July Hannibal, Missouri |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On Sept. 16, 1993, this state will observe Cherokee Strip Centennial Day Oklahoma |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This Christian feast held on the 7th Sunday after Easter has been recognized since the 3rd c. Pentecost |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Rather than in November, Canadians celebrate this holiday the second Monday in October Thanksgiving |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Observed a week before Easter, this holy day celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem Palm Sunday |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: During Passover, Jews retell the story of the Exodus during this ceremonial dinner the Seder |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Southeast Asia, Vesak, usually in May, commemorates his birth, enlightenment, and death the Buddha |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: By Presidential proclamation, the founding of this organization is celebrated on October 24 the United Nations |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This holiday was first observed in October 1792 Columbus Day |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Flags are allowed over graves at Arlington National Cemetery only on this holiday Memorial Day |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Every year in late July, Greenville, Ohio has a festival honoring this markswoman Annie Oakley |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: It's a tradition to wear this 3-leafed plant on St. Patrick's Day a shamrock |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In England Cinderella pantomimes are a popular feature of this holiday season Christmas |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: On Guadalupe Day worshippers walk on their knees to Tepeyac Hill in this capital city Mexico City |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Dragon-boat races are held all over this country on the 5th day of the 5th moon China |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Legend says that witches ride to the Brocken, a mountain peak in this country, on Walpurgis Night Germany |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $100: In this religion, Shivaratri is celebrated by fasting & telling stories of Shiva Hinduism |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $200: This Jewish holiday begins with a special meal called a seder Passover |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $300: St. Joseph's Day, March 19, marks the return of the swallows to this California mission San Juan Capistrano |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500 (Daily Double): In Roman Catholicism, Holy Thursday commemorates this event in Jesus' life the Last Supper |
| #1743, aired 1992-03-11 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500: Meaning "50th day", it's the end of the full ecclesiastical observance of Easter Pentecost |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place New Year's Day |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Nation Fire Prevention Week always includes October 9, the anniversary of this city's 1871 fire Chicago |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri Rosh Hashanah |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The night before the 3rd Monday in April, lanterns are hung in the steeple of this Boston church the Old North Church |
| #1740, aired 1992-03-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Medieval Europeans believed that birds begin to mate on this day St. Valentine's Day |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Rex, the king of Carnival, crowns a queen during this New Orleans festival Mardi Gras |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Canada, as well as the U.S., observes this holiday on the first Monday in September Labor Day |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This state honors Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole on March 26 Hawaii |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On St. David's Day, some Welshmen wear this onion-like plant, the symbol of their country the leek |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): This state observes its own Independence Day on March 2 Texas |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: England observes one of these holidays in August; FDR declared one that began March 6, 1933 bank holiday |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Someone has designated the day after this holiday "You're Welcomegiving Day" Thanksgiving |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: During this National Hot Dog Month Americans down an average 1,000,000,000 of 'em July |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In a park each April Philadelphia holds a competition in this to honor Ben Franklin kite flying |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500 (Daily Double): National UNICEF Day falls on this date October 31 |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Checkers Day is an event honoring these owned by politicians dogs |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In this country they observe Setsubun, or Bean-Throwing Festival, on Feb. 3 Japan |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Stonewall Jackson's, Robert E. Lee's & Martin Luther King's birthdays are observed in this month January |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Jews mourn the destruction of the first & second of these on Tisha Be-Av the temples |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1991 this Muslim month of fasting began on March 17 Ramadan |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): In Western churches the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Vernal Equinox is this day Easter Sunday |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This country's two-week long New Year's celebration ends with Yuan Hsiao. a lantern festival China |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The lord mayor Munich kicks off this celebration by opening the first barrel of beer Oktoberfest |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In Judaism this holiday not only marks the new year, but the anniversary of the creation of the world Rosh Hoshanah |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Originally it was a Celtic festival for the dead, celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year Halloween |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Eastern Orthodox call the observance of Mary's death Dormition, Roman Catholics call it this the Assumption |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: A period of penitence, or the past tense of lend Lent |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The 3-word phrase most associated with Halloween trick or treat |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In England it's an old custom not just to eat this animal's head at Christmas but to sing about it the boar's head |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On January 5, the day that honors him, you might try eating some of the peanut products he developed George Washington Carver |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The date on which you're most likely to hear a Frenchman say, "A bas la Bastille!" July 14 |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: His birthday was first observed in the late 1700s; some celebrated on February 11, some February 22 Washington |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Pre-Lenten day sometimes called pancake Tuesday because they were traditionally eaten on it Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday) |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This October day will celebrate its centennial as a national holiday in 1992 Columbus Day |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: National Hospital Week, the week of May 12, commemorates her 1820 birth in Italy Florence Nightingale |
| #1638, aired 1991-10-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This holiday, celebrated July 1, was called Dominion Day until 1982 Canada Day |
| #1608, aired 1991-09-04 | STARTS WITH "A" $200: In names of holidays this word precedes Saints Day & Souls Day All |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The national observance of Veteran's Day takes place at this cemetery Arlington National Cemetery |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Lee surrendered to Grant a week before Easter, on this Christian observance Palm Sunday |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: From a Greek word for "manifestation", it's also known as "Three Kings' Day" Epiphany |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Sarah Josepha Hale, who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb", helped persuade Lincoln to make it a national holiday Thanksgiving |
| #1596, aired 1991-07-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: The first Arbor Day was observed on April 10, 1872 in this Great Plains state Nebraska |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This March holiday is traditionally celebrated with the "wearing of the green" St. Patrick's Day |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Appropriately, National Humor Month begins with this day of practical jokes April Fools' Day |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving on the second Monday of this month October |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: In England the first weekday after Christmas is this holiday Boxing Day |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): This French national holiday, sometimes likened to the 4th of July, also falls in July Bastille Day (July 14th) |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 16th c. France, after New Year's was changed to January 1, it was fools who still celebrated on this date April 1st |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Orthodox & Conservative Jews observe an 8-day Passover, this denomination only 7 days Reformed |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: It was a European legend about a badger that evolved into this observance in the U.S. Groundhog Day |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Ascension Day falls 10 before this Christian observance; Corpus Christi, 11 days after it Pentecost |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,200 (Daily Double): Year of the first Thanksgiving; it was the year after the pilgrims landed 1621 |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: For centuries, this spring festival has been celebrated by selecting a queen & dancing around a pole May Day |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In the 19th century, England's "Trooping the Colour" became an annual event to celebrate this the Queen's birthday (or King) |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: June 29 is the feast day of these 2 leading apostles, who each died a martyr Peter & Paul |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: In Scotland, Burns Day, honoring the poet, draws to a close with the singing of this song Auld Lang Syne |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,000 (Daily Double): April 30, 1889 was declared a national holiday to mark the centennial of this event the inauguration of George Washington as President |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $100: On Shab-e-Barat, followers of this religion pray to Allah to give them a good year Islam |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $200: Shavuot, the Jewish Pentecost, celebrates the giving of this on Mount Sinai the Ten Commandments |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $300: In Latin America, Dia de la Cruz celebrates the day on which St. Helena is said to have found this the fragments of the true cross |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $400: The festival of Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment & death of this religious leader the Buddha |
| #1510, aired 1991-03-08 | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS $500: This church festival on August 15th celebrates the Virgin Mary's ascent into heaven the Assumption |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The 2 men honored on Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February Lincoln & Washington |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The Latin word for "tree", used to name the day set aside for planting them arbor |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: "Thank God almighty, I'm free at last" is written on the tomb of this man who's honored in January Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: An additional candle on the menorah is lit each day of this Jewish festival of lights Hanukkah |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $700 (Daily Double): In the U.S. this is Flag Day, the date on which the first official flag was adopted June 14th |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Not surprisingly in 1892, this state became the first to make Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday Illinois |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Canada, the Monday before May 25th is a holiday named for this queen Queen Victoria |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International designated this day to honor the world's workers May 1st |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Each year on May Day this state observes a Lei Day celebration & contest Hawaii |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This state's Suffolk Country observes Bunker Hill Day every June 17 Massachusetts |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: From 1971-78 this November holiday was moved to the 4th Monday in October Veterans Day |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1944 Congress designated January 5 as a day honoring this Black agricultural scientist George Washington Carver |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Legislated in 1978 the first Sunday after Labor Day is set aside to honor these relatives grandparents |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Liberty Day, March 23, is the anniversary of his "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech Patrick Henry |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Lest you forget, Shopping Reminder Day will remind you there are only 24 more days until this Christmas |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: January 19, the birthday of this general, is also celebrated as Confederate Heroes Day Robert E. Lee |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In Islam, the festival of the breaking of the fast marks the end of this holy month Ramadan |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $700 (Daily Double): National Handwriting Day is popularly observed on the birthday of this famous American John Hancock |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | CHRISTMAS STORIES $500: Truman Capote's story of his childhood holidays, he narrated the TV movie version A Christmas Memory |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: August 30, the birthday of Huey P. Long, is celebrated in this state Louisiana |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The 1st observance of this holiday is believed to have been on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City Labor Day |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In Great Britain, Pancake Tuesday is followed by this day Ash Wednesday |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: This country observes Bataan Day with a parade of veterans of the infamous Death March the Philippines |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: On April 30, this country celebrates King Carl XVI Gustaf's birthday Sweden |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Halloween's name indicates it's the eve of this day All Saints' Day |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: In Mexico it honors the day the Virgin Mary appeared to an Indian named Juan Diego the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: "Patriots' Day", observed in Maine & Mass., commemorates these 2 early battles of the Revolution Lexington & Concord |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Occurring 40 days after Easter, it celebrates the rising of Jesus into heaven the Ascension |
| #1416, aired 1990-10-29 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,200 (Daily Double): They're the last 2 legal holidays of the year Thanksgiving & Christmas |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Jewish holiday also known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread Passover |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: U.S. equivalent to the Communist May Day Labor Day |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Taiwan they say his birthday is honored as Teacher's Day Confucius |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: On July 12, Protestants celebrate Orangemen's Day in this country Northern Ireland |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: In his "Assembly of Fowls", Chaucer wrote, "It's when every fowl comes to choose his mate" St. Valentine's Day |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This American's birthday was 1st observed by New York City's Republican Club in 1887 & by Illinois in 1892 Abraham Lincoln |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On the last Monday in March this state celebrates Seward's Day to commemorate its purchase Alaska |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This Jewish festival commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian Greeks in 165 B.C. Hanukkah |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The official national observance of Memorial Day is marked by the placing of a wreath here the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
| #1380, aired 1990-09-07 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Every November 4th, this state observes the birthday of humorist Will Rogers Oklahoma |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: On the 2nd Saturday in May this country observes National Windmill Day Holland (or The Netherlands) |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This N.Y. congresswoman, known for her hats, introduced the bill creating Women's Equality Day Bella Abzug |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: The earliest date on which this holiday can fall is October 8th Columbus Day |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: Public law 99-54 recognizes “pause for the pledge” as part of this holiday Flag Day |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This Jewish holiday begun in 165 B.C. celebrates the purification of the temple of Jerusalem Hanukkah |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The U.S. gov't declared April 1,1990 this day, & any fool knows that only happens every 10 years Census Day |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: It's the day on which the republic of Ireland commemorates the death of its patron saint March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: This October holiday stems from the Celtic festival of Samhain, the new year of the Druids Halloween |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The third Saturday in May, it was designed to replace Army Day, Navy Day & Air Force Day Armed Forces Day |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Since the 10th c. Trinity Sunday has been observed a week after this feast of the Holy Spirit the Pentecost |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This holiday is also known as Discovery Day Columbus Day |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: December 21st, Forefathers' Day, commemorates the 1620 landing here Plymouth |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: The only 2 months in which Ash Wednesday can occur February & March |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: National Hospital Week honors the birthday of this founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The most candy bought for a holiday is for this springtime one, not Valentine's Day Easter |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The New Year's Day of this calendar can fall between our January 20 & February 20 Chinese calendar |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Bennington Battle Day, August 16th, is a legal holiday in this New England state Vermont |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The red or white rose is the official flower of this Sunday observance in June Father's Day |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress Pennsylvania |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $200: 2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter Cactus |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HOLIDAYS $200: From 1918-53 this holiday was observed as Armistice Day Veterans Day |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HOLIDAYS $400: In 325 A.D. the Council of Nicaea established rules to determine the date for this holiday Easter |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HOLIDAYS $800: Holiday derived from autumn rites of the ancient Celts who feared that the sun would never return Halloween |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): It was 1st celebrated publicly in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910 Father's Day |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | HOLIDAYS $1000: Memorial Day was 1st observed nationally soon after the end of this war the Civil War |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $200: Japan has 3 separate observances marking this man's birth, enlightenment & death Buddha |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $400: Festivals in Dutch-American communities are highlighted by Klompen Dances, named for these Wooden Shoes |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $600: It's the original name for Memorial Day Decoration Day |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $1000: The 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day while the 3rd Saturday in May is this day Armed Forces Day |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $3,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 European countries that honor the martyred St. Lucia on December 13 Italy & Sweden |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This day of prayer & celebration was first decreed by Gov. William Bradford in 1621 Thanksgiving |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The old English belief that birds select their mates on a certain day may have given rise to this holiday Valentine's Day |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection Easter |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: This Jewish holiday marks the end of the 10 days of penitence that begins with Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a historic event Columbus Day |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Each June 11 this state celebrates King Kamehameha I Day Hawaii |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In Australia this holiday was called 8-Hour Day to mark the successful struggle for a shorter work day Labor Day |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600 (Daily Double): Poppies are most associated with this federal holiday Memorial Day |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the 1840 treaty signed between the British & these natives Maoris |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This birthplace of Richard Nixon has established a city holiday in his honor Yorba Linda |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In the U.S. if May Day falls on Sunday, the following Sunday is this Mother's Day |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Day honoring a martyr beheaded at Rome under the Emperor Claudius; a lovely history it wasn't St. Valentine's Day |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Mexico defeated France at the Battle of Puebla on this date in 1862 fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo) |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The artist Rubens was born either on or the day before the feast day of these 2 saints Peter and Paul |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2,600 (Daily Double): A holiday for most people in the U.S.; the Greek orthodox church says it's the day Jesus was circumcised January 1st (New Year's Day) |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: According to the flag code, the 1st federal holiday of the year on which the flag should be displayed New Year's Day |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: 2/2 is Groundhog Day, 6/6 was D-Day & this is Veterans Day 11/11 (November 11th) |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Roman Catholics observe the day after Mardi Gras as this Ash Wednesday |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Hanukah is called a feast of these, plural; Sweden's St. Lucia Day celebrates it in the singular lights |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: A procession in her honor was instituted as part of the Coventry Fair in 1678 Lady Godiva |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: May Day is also this day in Hawaii, when everyone is asked to wear one a lei |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Orangeman's Day, celebrated on July 12 in this part of the U.K., commemorates a Protestant victory Northern Ireland |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: The Moslem month of fasting that marks the time when Mohammed began receiving the divine word of the Koran Ramadan |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Traditionally, children have collected money for UNICEF on this holiday Halloween |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $200: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi & South Carolina observe Robert E. Lee's birthday in Jan. & his in June Jefferson Davis |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $400: Every year on August 16th, this state observes the anniversary of the Battle of Bennington Vermont |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $600: This year Texas will celebrate what would have been this president's 81st birthday Lyndon Johnson |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $800: State that celebrates Andrew Jackson's birthday, March 15 Tennessee |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | STATE HOLIDAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): Californians celebrate it on Luther Burbank's birthday, Nebraskans on Julius Morton's birthday Arbor Day |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1988 Christmas & Easter both fell on this day of the week Sunday |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The pre-Lenten festival is celebrated as Mardi Gras in New Orleans & this in Rio Carnival |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Each night of the Afro-American holiday of Kwanzaa this is done, just like during Hanukkah lighting a candle |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The 2 months in which the Chinese New Year can fall January & February |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $700 (Daily Double): AT&T's top 2 "calling holidays" are Christmas & this Mother's Day |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: This day commemorates the crucifixion of Christ Good Friday |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: When widespread observance of this day began, some celebrated it on February 11, some on February 22 George Washington's Birthday |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Punxsutawney Phil is best known for his appearance on this day Groundhog Day |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The 12th day after Christmas, it originally marked the beginning of Carnival season Three Kings' Day (Epiphany) |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Also referred to as the Feast of Lots, this Jewish holiday is marked by the reading of the book of Esther Purim |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Its 1st observance took place in New York City on Tuesday September 5, 1882 Labor Day |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: March 2 was the date of this state's 1836 declaration of independence & is now a legal holiday there Texas |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Since 1818, a new star is added to the flag on this date following a state's admission to the Union July 4th |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Special name for the day before Easter Holy Saturday |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: The once common alternative name for Memorial Day Decoration Day |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: If Leon Spinks is in England on December 26, he might join in the observance of this Boxing Day |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: A miss, hoping to be a mrs., might want to observe this November holiday created by Al Capp Sadie Hawkins Day |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: During the Fiesta de San Fermin, these animals run through the streets bulls |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: To commemorate this event, some New Englanders celebrate Forefathers' Day on December 21 the landing of the Mayflower |
| #968, aired 1988-11-16 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Military bases are often open to the public on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday of this month May |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: Mexicans observe November 2 as "Dia de Muertos", Day of this Day of the Dead |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The Festival of Fast Breaking isn't an NBA holiday, but one of this religion Muslim (Islam) |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: The Greeting Card Assn. says members of this profession receive the most Valentine cards teachers |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The French call this holiday "Fete nationale du 14 Juillet" Bastille Day |
| #899, aired 1988-06-30 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $500: Besides Lincoln & Washington, 1 of 2 other presidents whose birthdays fall in February (1 of) Ronald Reagan or William Henry Harrison |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: According to USA Today, it's the holiday on which the most hot dogs are eaten July 4th |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: Afier spending $50,000 on 20 flagpoles for Flag Day 1987 Hamtramck, Mi. couldn't afford these the flags |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In 1986, this Jewish holiday began in December & didn't end until 3 days into January 1987 Hanukkah (the Festival of Lights) |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 holidays the government moved in 1971 to give federal employees 3-day weekends (2 of) Memorial Day, Washington's Birthday, Columbus Day & Veterans Day |
| #819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The only 2 months in which Easter can fall March & April |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | OLD GLORY $300: The largest free-floating flag, 60' x 90', hangs from the NYC/NJ bridge on holidays the George Washington Bridge |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: While Flag & Father's Day fall in June, Memorial & Mother's Day fall in this month May |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: The 1st time his birthday was formally observed was February 12, 1866 in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln |
| #796, aired 1988-02-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In the Fiesta de San Fermin at Pamplona, Spain, these animals are driven thru the streets bulls |
